ESPN's Adam Schefter reported an agreement between NFL and NFLRA is 'at hand' and both sides are looking at ways to have officials working this weekend.

The NFL and the NFL Referees Association made enough progress in negotiations Tuesday night that the possibility of the locked-out officials returning in time to work this week's games has been discussed, sources on both sides told ESPN.

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An agreement in principle is at hand, according to one source familiar to talks.

Although league sources said it would take a week to get the locked-out officials on the field, the NFLRA says its 121 referees have been trained on the new rules implemented last season, have already passed physicals or are prepared to pass physicals immediately, ESPN.com reported.

Both sides have made concessions on previous sticking points such as a squad of 21 new officials and pension plans that sources say the final meaningful hurdle is, as one source said, "about a little more money."